Incident History for Paystack

A complete log of all past incidents, outages, and scheduled maintenance.

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Bank transfers downtime in Nigeria resolved

Resolved

Affected Components

Bank TransfersBank transfersCard transactionsCentral SwitchDedicated Virtual AccountsManaged AccountsNigeriaNigerian-issued cardsPay with Transfer

Resolved

14 hours ago

Paystack reports that the Nigeria bank transfers downtime incident has been resolved.

Resolved

on Oct 31, 2026

Paystack has resolved the incident affecting transactions with Nigerian-issued cards.

Monitoring

on Oct 31, 2026

Issue has been rectified by the downstream provider and Paystack is monitoring the results.

Investigating

on Oct 31, 2026

Paystack is investigating a higher than usual failure rate on transactions with Nigerian-issued cards caused by processor downtime.

... and 3 more update(s). Click to view the full timeline.

Increased failures on Ecobank card transactions

Resolved

Affected Components

Ecobank card transactions

Resolved

on Oct 30, 2026

The incident causing increased failures on Ecobank card transactions has been resolved.

Investigating

on Oct 29, 2026

Paystack is investigating a higher than usual failure rate on Ecobank card transactions caused by an issue with its processing partner.

Increased failures on Ecobank card transactions

Resolved

Affected Components

Website

Resolved

on Oct 29, 2026

Paystack resolved the website unavailability after completing maintenance successfully.

3D Secure card payment verification failing

Resolved

Affected Components

3D Secure verificationCard payments

Resolved

on Oct 29, 2026

Paystack reports the 3D Secure card payment verification incident is resolved.

Monitoring

on Oct 29, 2026

Card payments requiring 3D Secure verification are operational again and the service is under monitoring.

Monitoring

on Oct 29, 2026

Paystack is monitoring a fix for an incident causing card payments requiring 3D Secure verification to fail.

Investigating

on Oct 29, 2026

Paystack is investigating an issue affecting 3DS challenges that is causing card payments requiring 3D Secure verification to fail.

Nigerian-issued card transactions failing due to processor downtime

Resolved

Affected Components

Nigerian-issued card transactionsTransactions with Nigerian-issued cards

Resolved

on Oct 27, 2026

The incident affecting transactions with Nigerian-issued cards has been resolved.

Investigating

on Oct 27, 2026

Paystack is investigating a higher than usual failure rate on transactions with Nigerian-issued cards caused by a processor downtime.

Increased Failures on Access Bank Card Transactions

Resolved

Affected Components

Access Bank Card Transactions

Resolved

on Oct 26, 2026

The incident involving increased failures on Access Bank card transactions has been resolved.

Investigating

on Oct 26, 2026

Paystack is investigating a higher than usual failure rate on one-time transactions made with Access Bank cards due to a processing partner issue.

Shopify Apps Not Responding

Resolved

Affected Components

Shopify Apps

Resolved

on Oct 26, 2026

The incident affecting Shopify apps not responding has been resolved.

Downtime on transactions with Nigerian-issued cards

Resolved

Affected Components

Nigerian-issued card transactionsTransactions with Nigerian-issued cardstransactions with Nigerian-issued cards

Resolved

on Oct 26, 2026

The incident affecting transactions with Nigerian-issued cards has been resolved.

Monitoring

on Oct 25, 2026

Paystack is monitoring the incident affecting transactions with Nigerian-issued cards while continuing to work on a fix.

Investigating

on Oct 25, 2026

Paystack is investigating downtime affecting transactions with Nigerian-issued cards.

Resolved

on Oct 25, 2026

Paystack reports that the downtime affecting transactions with Nigerian-issued cards has been resolved.

... and 3 more update(s). Click to view the full timeline.

Shopify Apps not responding

Monitoring

Affected Components

Shopify Apps

Monitoring

on Oct 23, 2026

Paystack implemented a fix for the Shopify Apps outage and is now monitoring the results.

Identified

on Oct 23, 2026

Paystack has identified the Shopify Apps outage and continues working on a fix.

Investigating

on Oct 23, 2026

Paystack is investigating Shopify Apps not responding, with the engineering team attending to the incident.

MTN Mobile Money payments failing in Ghana

Resolved

Affected Components

Ghana paymentsMTN Mobile Money paymentsMTN Mobile Money transactions

Resolved

on Oct 23, 2026

The MTN Mobile Money downtime incident in Ghana has been resolved.

Investigating

on Oct 23, 2026

MTN Mobile Money payments are failing in Ghana due to downtime on MTN's platform; Paystack is working with MTN to restore service.

Paystack website unavailable during maintenance

Investigating

Affected Components

Website

Investigating

on Oct 22, 2026

Paystack is investigating website unavailability caused by ongoing maintenance and enhancements.

Paystack blog scheduled maintenance completed

Completed

Affected Components

Paystack Blog

Completed

on Oct 22, 2026

Paystack reports that scheduled maintenance on the Paystack Blog has completed successfully.

AirtelTigo transfer downtime in Ghana resolved

Resolved

Affected Components

AirtelTigo Transfers

Resolved

on Oct 21, 2026

Paystack reports that the AirtelTigo transfer downtime incident in Ghana has been resolved.

MTN maintenance in Ghana

Completed

Affected Components

DisbursementsMTN Mobile MoneyMTN Mobile Money disbursementsMTN Mobile Money paymentsMobile Money DisbursementsMobile Money PaymentsPaymentsTelecel Mobile Money

Completed

on Oct 20, 2026

MTN maintenance in Ghana has completed successfully.

Under Maintenance

on Oct 19, 2026

Telecel maintenance in Ghana is now in progress and may affect related payments.

Under Maintenance

on Oct 19, 2026

MTN system maintenance in Ghana is now in progress and may disrupt MTN payments and disbursements via Paystack.

Scheduled

on Oct 19, 2026

MTN system maintenance in Ghana begins in about 3 hours, from 19 Oct 23:00 to 20 Oct 05:00 GMT, and may disrupt MTN payments and disbursements via Paystack.

Scheduled For

Oct 19, 2026, 11:00 PM UTC to Oct 20, 2026, 5:00 AM UTC

... and 2 more update(s). Click to view the full timeline.

AirtelTigo Mobile Money transfers failing in Ghana

Completed

Affected Components

AirtelTigo Mobile MoneyAirtelTigo Mobile Money transactionsTelecel

Completed

on Oct 20, 2026

Telecel maintenance in Ghana has completed successfully, though AirtelTigo Mobile Money transfers remain under investigation.

Investigating

on Oct 19, 2026

AirtelTigo Mobile Money transfers are failing due to downtime on AirtelTigo's platform; Paystack is investigating and coordinating with AirtelTigo.

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